★ Published in Paulsen, 1933 ★

Central Europe, the Boii AR Hexadrachm. Busumarus, mid to late 1st century BC. Bare-headed male bust left, hair tied in knot behind; branch before / Winged centaur standing to left, head turned to right; BVSV below. Göbl, Hexadrachmen pl. 4, IV/1, 3; Paulsen pl. 33, 789 (this coin); Lanz 73 (this coin). 16.67g, 26mm, 3h.

Very Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Very Rare.

From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997);
This coin published in R. Paulsen, Die Münzprägung der Boier (Leipzig/Vienna 1933);
Ex Numismatik Lanz (Graz), Auction V, 1 December 1975, lot 5;
Ex Leon Ruzicka (1866-1931) Collection (Vienna).